Performing Ethnography and Ethnicity an Early Documentation of Finnish Immigrants in Nordiska Museet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3100429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hanna Snellman (0000-0003-1804-088X, University of Jyväskylä, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnologia Europaea (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.16995/ee.1068 |
| OpenAlex | W2470306482 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article discusses the first project of the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, dealing with immigrants. It was carried out between 1972 and 1990, and it produced material based on interviews, participant observation, photographs and other written and visual sources. The article first examines why and how this extensive research project was carried out and then discusses the documentation project as performance. The project was an early attempt to document the contemporary lives of people through fieldwork, although the original aim of this pioneering project was merely to create and preserve ethnic identity by documenting “authentic” Finnish characteristics. Thus, it is a good example of changing paradigms in ethnological research
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Documentation · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethnology · Immigration · Media studies · Participant observation · Sociology · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Gender Studies · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Research in Social Sciences
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |